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No. 620,728 Pamm laiiar. Y, 5899 T. BABW.

WATER SPBWKLEB.

(Application filed Nov. 30, 1898.}

No Model.)

Uriireio S'ra'riss 'lELESPllORE llABlN, OF HOUBIA, LOUISIANA,

NATE'i h-ernlllhiLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent .hlo. 620,?28, dated March"7, 1899,

Application filed November 30, 1893 Serial Ho. 697,883. (No model.)

To all whom fr 7llflf/ concern.-

llo it known that I, 'lnnnsrnonn Bronx, a citizen of the United States,residing at llouina, in the parish of'lerre llonne and State ofLouisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inlVater-Sprinhlers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to water-sprinklers for use in stores, houses,gardens, and other places; and its object is to provide an improvedconstruction of the same by which I secure important advantages withrespect to elllciency in use.

My invention consists in a conical waterreceptacle having a removablenozzle at the upper end formed with a number of perforations and aninclined filling-tube which also serves as a handle and an air-vent andconnected with the lower end of said receptacle by a short inclined pipeand provided with a funnel at the upper end, as hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of awater-sprinkler constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal section of the same.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates a conicalwater-rcceptaclc provided at the apex or upper end with a screwthrcadcdcap 2, with which engages a correspondingly-thrcadcd perforated nozzle3. This nozzle is removable and at its inner end is formed with a flange4, so as to make a tight joint when the nozzle is screwed in place onthe cap.

The numeral 5 designates a filling-tube which is inclined to correspondwith the conical shape of the receptacle, so as to be at the samedistance therefrom throughout its length. At the lower end said tube isconnected with the said receptacle by a short downwardly-inclincd pipe(5, while at its upper end it is provided with a funnel 7 forfacilitating the operation of filling the receptacle. lhis funnel issecured to the upper end of the receptacle.

The operation will be readily understood. The receptacle is filledthrongh the funnel, filling-tube, and short inclinedjcipe, and when itis desired to use the device the said tube, which serves as a handle, isgrasped and the receptacle tilted, when the water will be dis chargedthrough the perforated nozzle in a number of fine streams. The saidfillingtube also serves as an air-vent to allow the water to be readilydischarged from the receptacle.

By making the water-receptacle conical, as

shown, the water will be discharged with fa- C ciiity, as there will benothing to interfere with or obstruct its flow to the nozzle when thereceptacle is tilted.

Having thus fully described my invention, what i claim is" 1. In awater-sprinkler, the combination with the con cal waterreceptacle,provided with a perforated nozzle at the upper end, of the filling-tubeconnected with the lower end of said receptacle and inclined at an anglecorresponding with the shape of said receptacle, and also serving as ahandle and an airvent, and the funnel at the upper end of said tube,substantially as described.

In a watcr-sprinkler, the combination with the conical waier'rcccptaclehaving a screw-threaded cap at the upper end and the removableperforated nozzle connected therewith, of the inclined filling-tulleinclined at an angle corresponding with the slope of said receptacle,the short downwardly -inclined pipe connected with the lower ends ofsaid tube and receptacle, and the funnel at the upper end of said tube,substantially de scribed,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

'lElJCSPIlORE llAlllN.

W itncssos:

(.2. L. Moi'sn, Jones A. llAVIS.

